NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1939 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Chris TraicoffIND
  2. 2Henry WittenbergCity College (NY)
  3. 3Bob WilliamsOKST
  4. 4Don NicholsMICH

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) over Ernest Bortz, Penn State — Fall 2:48 · View bout
  2. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over John Hauer, Yale (CT) — Dec · View bout
  3. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Donald Grant, Springfield (MA) — Fall 6:57 · View bout
  4. Lloyd Black, Temple (PA) over John Vanderpoel, Massachusetts Tech — Dec · View bout
  5. Steve Slezak, Michigan State over Edward Valorz, Chicago (IL) — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) over Lloyd Black, Temple (PA) — Fall 3:49 · View bout
  2. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dec · View bout
  3. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Bob Williams, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout
  4. Steve Slezak, Michigan State over Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Steve Slezak, Michigan State — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over Donald Grant, Springfield (MA) — Dec · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over Steve Slezak, Michigan State — Dec · View bout
  2. Don Nichols, Michigan over Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dec · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dflt · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.